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H. James Saxton

Headshot known as "Jim"
b. 1943-01-22 , Nicholson, PA
represents NJ-03
Republican, Methodist
Official website

Education: Graduate Studies, Temple University, 1967-68 BA, Education, East Stroudsberg University, 1965.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 122,559 (58.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $333,559 (#456)
Spent 148% (#30)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 42% (#342)
From PACs 35% (#335)

Earmarks

Requested 19 (#325)
Total cost $31,284,000 (#292)
Received 17 (#340)
Total cost $27,052,000 (#272)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,612 (#120)
Introduced 220 (#44)
Debated 42 (#41)
Enacted 14 (#33)

Speeches

Spoke 6 times (#218)
Avg. length 1,212 words (#132)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 28% right-wing (#222)
Predictable 88% (#452)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 85% (6/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 83% (5/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 57% (4/7 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 50% (3/6 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 50% (7/14 votes)
Public Citizen 50% (5/10 votes)
NAACP 42% (3/7 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes)
AFL-CIO 38% (5/13 votes)
American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes)

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Money data from the FEC. Politician information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia, and GovTrack. Earmark information from Taxpayers for Common Sense. Interest group alignment from MAPLight.org. Ideology and predictability from VoteView. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 400359 (GovTrack), N00000834 (OpenSecrets), S000097 (Congressional Bio), 15112 (ICPSR), 26953 (Vote Smart), H4NJ13022 (FEC)